Through the Foley Leadership program, our goal is to teach skills that can be used not just at camp, but in school, careers, personal, and for a lifetime. As a LIT or CIT you gain many skills like organization, planning, creativity, initiative, presenting, observation, and more.  The best part is Foley gives LITs and CITs a chance to practice these skills during your time at camp! The skills you gain then can be used in a variety of places outside of camp towards receiving jobs, extra-curricular activities, and college entrance.

Where can I use my Experience?

Check out some of the organizations or places some of our past campers have used their leadership experience at Foley.

• National Honor Society
• Service Hours
• College Applications
• School Honor programs
• Resume
• Job Application and Reference
• Scholarship Application

Need a Reference?

If it is a letter, form, or just our contact information we are always willing to help! Just send Jenny, our assistant director, an e-mail at ad@campfoley.com with the details, what it is for, what you need, and deadlines. Please get the information to us as soon as possible as things do get busy. If you any other questions about the experience the LITs or CITs please let us know.

Writing About your Experience

Don't know how to what to write your Foley Leadership Experience? We can help. Here are 5 quick tips to remember when you are writing up your experience.

Use Action Words - Begin each sentence with an action word but keeping it in the past tense.  Words like prepared, managed, developed, monitored, and presented will make you stand out!

Instead of: I ran four-way capture the flag for younger campers.
Use: Planned, presented, and organized a one hour game of four way capture the flag for a co-ed group of 10-12 year old kids.

Use Numbers - Inserting numbers and percents into descriptions allows the reader to get a better idea of what you actually did.

Instead of: Prepared and presented an all day Olympics for all of camp.
Use: Prepared and presented an 8 hour Olympic event for 160 campers with 9 different events.

Give Yourself Credit - Don't be shy, and share your accomplishments. As an LIT or CIT you accomplished some great goals, projects, and events don't sell yourself short.

Instead of: Completed community service.
Use: Designed a garden for 3 hours with Habitat for Humanity.

Be Short and Specific - Stay concise and practical.  The organization does not want to read information they do not need to know. So be aware of the qualifications they are looking for.  Also words like a, an, or, the, or I just take away from you and your experience.

Instead of: Prepared a surprise event for the fox campers, 8-10 year olds, at the camp I was a camper at for 10 years.
Use: Prepared a one hour event for nine 8-10 year olds to recognize their first year at camp.

Proof Read - The resume or application should have no grammatical and punctuation. It seems like a silly tip, but a lot people still miss it.